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homemade Breadsticks baked, getting brushed with melted herb butter on sheet - by BREADISTA

Best Homemade Breadsticks

Super easy, buttery and ready in under 2 hours. Some call it copycat, we call it homemade goodness with only the best ingredients. Serve it to a salad, BBQ, charcuterie board, picnic or make some sandwich bites. Be prepared to make them more than once! See recipe notes for variation ideas.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 12 breadsticks

Equipment

  • 1 Stand Mixer with Dough Hook like Kenwood, Kitchen Aid...
  • 1 Baking Sheet Fullsize

Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 0.5 Bag CIABATTA mix
  • 1 TBS Cane Sugar, fine
  • 260 ml Water [8.8 fl oz, room temperature]
  • 1 TBS Butter, unsalted + softened

Topping

  • 1 TBS Butter, unsalted
  • 1 TBS Olive Oil
  • 1 TSP Italian Seasoning
  • 0.25 TSP Garlic Powder/Granules [use 1 TSP fresh grated garlic for a more intense flavor]
  • 0.25 TSP Onion Powder/Granules
  • Salt, fine

Instructions
 

Mix the dough

  • Weigh out 1/2 bag of the bread mix into your mixing bowl, add the sugar and water.
  • Combine the ingredients for ~1 min on low, then turn up the speed to level 2-3. Knead for 8-10 min.
  • Add the softened butter in smaller pieces, knead further for another 2-3 min.
  • The dough is very soft and lightly sticky to the bowl. Flour your workspace evenly, scoop the dough out of the bowl onto the flour. Shape the dough gently into a ball - do so while bringing the edges into the middle, then turn the dough onto seam side. With the edges of your palms (facing up) shape it round - move them slightly under the edges while rotating the dough.
    Put the dough back into the bowl, cover with cling foil to prevent it from drying out. Rest for 60-70 min until it clearly has doubled in size.
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    Dough ball in metal mixing bowl - ready to rise

Prepare Topping + Sheet

  • Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl add the topping ingredients (without the salt) and set it next to the oven. The heat will later soften the butter further or even melt it completely.
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    butter brush topping ingredients with measure spoons - BREADISTA

Shape the Breadsticks

  • Bring the dough back on a lightly floured workspace. Divide the dough in 12 equal pieces, ~72g / 2.5oz. (Use a digital scale!)
    raw Dough pieces getting weighed on digital scale showing 71g - BREADISTA bread mixes
  • Now shape all the dough pieces into a ball. Use the same fold-to-the-middle technique as before. Turn it upside down and roll them with your hollow hand and without pressure into a ball. Set aside.
    Dough pieces shaped round, round unshaped - BREADISTA bread mixes
  • Dough pieces getting shaped round by hand - BREADISTA bread mixes
  • Take the first ball you shaped round, roll it into a log of 7-8 inch long, set it straight on the baking sheet, about 1/2 inch apart. Try not to use much more flour. Repeat with all the pieces. Cover again, rest for 20 min.
    TiP to shape it: Flatten the dough piece with your floured fingers, then roll the flattened piece up, roll it further into the log.
    round Dough pieces getting flattened by hand - BREADISTA for homemade breadsticks
  • round Dough pieces. One flattened piece gets rolled up by hand - for BREADISTA breadsticks
  • round Dough pieces getting shaped into a log by hand - BREADISTA bread mixes
  • Breadsticks as shaped logs raw on sheet - BREADISTA
  • Pre-heat the oven to 420°F while the dough rests.
  • Pop the raw breadsticks into the oven onto the middle rack and bake for 15-20 min. Rotate the sheet towards the end of baking time for even browning. Check after 15 min and extend baking time to your liking of the browning level.
  • Stir the topping. Immediately after your homemade breadsticks are out of the oven, brush with the topping until all is used. Sprinkle with some fine or flaky sea salt to your taste.
    homemade Breadsticks baked, getting brushed on sheet - by BREADISTA
  • Serve cooled and ovenfresh to your favorite dishes. Enjoy!
    Crumbshot homemade breadsticks by BREADISTA - serving suggestion on green salad

Notes

Breadstick Topping Variations:
Deluxe: Have some finely grated Parmesan ready and sprinkle that instead of salt on top after brushing the breadsticks with butter.
Cheesy: After 15 min top the sticks with your favorite grated cheese and bake it for another 2-4 min just until the cheese is melted. Brush the butter topping after they're baked as instructed.
 
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